An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in an unsafe image resize operation that could destroy data on the host system. Only compute nodes using the Flat image backend (usually configured with use_cow_images=False) are affected.
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21 Feb 2026, 05:17
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Information
Published : 2026-02-18 18:24
Updated : 2026-02-21 05:17
NVD link : CVE-2026-24708
Mitre link : CVE-2026-24708
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-24708
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-669
Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
